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The distance of the interstate natural gas pipeline from the ethanol plant.

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Represents the initial volume per minute of capacity that is available from the well for which the entity has exclusive rights.

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Represents the percentage of City's water well bond payments the entity will pay.

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The minimum volume of natural gas the entity will receive per the agreement.

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Represents the percentage charged for administration fee as water usage fees under the agreement.

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Represents the amount of water well bond payments of counterparty.

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Period of time written notice due to other party for termination of agreement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Nominal volume used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument.

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Amount of fees and commissions from financial services and banking activities and correspondent clearing. Includes fees from depositor accounts, credit cards, merchant discounts, and fiduciary and trust activities, guarantee fees, investment advisory, management, and administrative fees, transfer agent fees, and insurance commissions.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, carrying value as of the balance sheet date of a type of municipal bond typically used to fund a development project. Also called special assessment limited liability bond, special district bond, special purpose bond, special tax bond and community development obligation. Interest owed to lenders is paid by taxes levied on the community benefiting from the particular bond-funded project. For example, if a bond of this sort was issued to pay for sidewalks to be repaved in a certain community, an additional tax would be levied on homeowners in the area benefiting from this project.

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